The INMO has called on the HSE to take steps to prevent chaos in Irish hospitals over the weekend
The INMO said its members are concerned about hospital overcrowding leading into the bank holiday weekend. Photograph: iStock/GettyThe HSE has insisted that “extensive plans” are in place to prevent hospital overcrowding this bank holiday weekend.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation indicated yesterday that 527 people who had been admitted to hospital over the previous 24 hours were still waiting for a bed. More than a a hundred of those patients were in University Hospital Limerick . Damien McCallion, chief operations officer with the HSE, told RTE’s Morning Ireland that all of their hospitals, community services and ambulance services have looked at what they can do to mitigate the additional pressures of bank holiday weekends such as Easter. This includes measures such as ensuring a continuous flow of discharges into the weekend; and an increased availability of diagnostics and investigations, and appropriate medical and clinical cover.
Mr McCallion said UHL is looking at areas for improvement. Its medical assessment units in Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s, which take referrals from GPs, are being extended to a seven day basis.
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